Summary: Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science. This film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Fuse Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BETWiezorek, Jan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 372.6 WIESummary: "Kids will unleash their creativity and learn some early education basics with these interactive games, books, and sing-alongs! Play songs and discover different instruments; Read along with interactive stories; Paint by number; Develop logic, spatial intelligence, and cognitive skills"--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD PLASummary: Is there such a thing as a just war? Is terrorism ever morally acceptable? And can ancient art change the current view of history? This program investigates these and other questions with political philosopher Michael Walzer, who examines the origins of modern terrorism; classicist Glen Bowersock, whose study of ancient mosaics is helping him deepen his understanding of great conquests from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Kozol, Jonathan
Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 KOZFranklin, Daniel
Summary: "Based in cutting-edge research in neuroscience, education, and the principles of attachment-based teaching, this important guide for parents offers tools and practices to help children transcend language-based learning difficulties, do better in school, and gain self-confidence and self-esteem. If your child has a language-based learning difficulty--such as dyscalculia, dyslexia, and auditory...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.85 FRAMartin, Rachel Louise
Summary: "An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history--about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board--will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America. In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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Summary: "A guide to the core issues driving the education wars, offering essential information about issues, actors, and potential outcomes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Practical and candid, this book offers actionable steps to help Black women leaders create meaningful success. The reflections and recommendations of the contributors forge a critical and transformative analysis of race, gender, and higher education leadership. With insights from humanities, social sciences, art, and STEM, this essential resource helps to redefine the academy to meet the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 DEASummary: "A vibrant stack-and-discover experience! The top of each cup features a squishy silicone bubble embossed with a unique texture pattern. Little fingers will love to touch, push, and pop them again and again. Meanwhile, its unique stackability engages curious and growing minds while providing the hours of fun parents have come to expect from the entire line of Dimpl toys"--from container.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Brain Toy Company 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Cares Kits, Call number: CARES KIT #1Summary: Zingo brings fast-paced excitement and learning to the classic game of Bingo! Slide the Zinger to reveal picture tiles, make a match and fill your card to win. Images with printed words and two levels of play make this the perfect game to grow with.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 266Summary: Captivating and colorful, the Folkmanis® Small Chameleon puppet is a perfectly sized pet toy. High quality printed fabric and intricate design details along with a movable mouth bring this exquisite creature to life in your hands.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 2019
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Sander, Richard Henry
Summary: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.26 SANSummary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways. Includes 53 double-sided cards. Adding whole numbers, 0-10 adding single-digit and double-digit numbers adding numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2018
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 153Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways. Includes 53 double-sided cards. Dividing whole numbers with quotients between 0 and 10 dividing single-digit numbers from double-digit numbers dividing numbers using two different division symbols.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2017
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 156Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways.Includes 53 double-sided cards. Multiplying whole numbers, 0-10 multiplying single-digit and double-digit numbers multiplying numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2017
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 155Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways.Includes 53 double-sided cards. Subtracting whole numbers, 0-14 subtracting single-digit and double-digit numbers subtracting numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2018
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 154-AAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTSummary: "Get your brain in shape with these STEM puzzle challenges! Kids solve brain-teasing puzzles that test their knowledge of shapes, critical thinking, fine motor skills, and more every time they play with STEM Explorers Brainometry from Learning Resources! Explore this set's 10 STEM challenge cards for critical thinking puzzles that turn shape pieces into the 2D and 3D building blocks of victory!...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Learning Resources 2021
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: S.T.E.M. KIT BRAINOMETRY (#31)Summary: "These interactive activities will help kids learn about everything from emotions and healthy habits to education fundamentals. Recognize letters, colors, and shapes; Practice creative problem solving; Discover different emotions; Develop reading, writing, and spelling skills."--Publisher description.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023